Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1948-07-02

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Vol. 20, No. 27
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FltlDAY, .lUIjY 2, .1948
Devolotl to American and Jewish Ideals
Rabbi and Mrs. Hirschsprung Plan To Leave For Palestine
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Spiritual Leader Of 16 Years At Agudath Achim Synagogue
Mr. A. A. Wolman, pres¬ ident o{ Agudath Achim Congregation, this week announced that Rabbi M o r d c cal Hirschsprung, spiritual leader at the Syn¬ agogue for the past 1(! yc&rs, is planning to go to Palestine for a year, as soon as conditions there stabilize. The trip is in connection with some im¬ portant literary work that the Rabbi is preparing for publication.
Mrs. Hirschsprung will nccom- pany him on  the  trip.
At a meeting, of the Congre¬ gation, regret was expres.sed at the Rabbi's decision to leave, and a movement to prevail on him to reconsider nis plana was presented. According to the Rabbi's letter submitted, his services   will  terminate  Oct.   1.
Urgency Characterizes UJF Picture
The specuil "EmerKency Ca.sh Niiw" drive In vecognilion of tho urgen.t need for maximum cash funds at once for oui' brethren in Viurape was In full swing this witk as Samuel N. Bummer, president of lhe United .lewish Fund of Columbu.s, appealed for ;dl or pari payments pf this year's pledges.
Statements have eone (mt to .ill ¦ subscribers with the hope Ihat Columbus will -contribute a huge share of the national UJA
YOU  and ME
Hy   BOKIS  HMOL.VR
goal of SliWmilllon  cash  by Aug. I.
Urgency and action continued to characterize the national United .lewish Appeal picture during the past wecK. While lo¬ cal cfforls In behalf of the HIIK U.IF campaign, according to Leo Ya.s.senoff. general chairman, had already resulted in concrete accomplishments for imme<liate cash collections, the over-all neeil remained great and pressure for "Cash Now" could not be les¬ sened. Chairman YastTenoff. in a determination lo wind up the present drive within the iie>ft few weelis, asl^cd all w<irkcrs to
Rjiltbl 'HlrsclispruiiK
The Congregalion Is planning a testimonial farewell dinner in honor of the Uabbl and his fam¬ ily.
Here is Rabbi Hirsch.sprung's  letter:
To Officers nnd IMciiibcis
Ol  Agudath   Achlm ^
DEAR FRIKNDS:
Having served you for the past 10 years, the best years of my life, bearing with yoii all cpngregatlonal problems In depres- 'sion years as well as in times of prosperity, 1 regret ,lo Infonu you of the step that 1 have decided to take. I am planning tu devote a year's time to research work in connection witli an important literary undertaking on which I havebeen working for the last several years. Due to this work, 1 will have to spend some time in the national libraries of this country as well as in Palestine, where 1 intend to visit, as so'on a.s conditions there stabilite. „
It will therefore be impossible for mc to conlinue tu .serVe this congregation after the expiration of my present term, which is October 1, 1918.
The literary enterpri'se, which in the opinion of scholars who have seen  my  manuscript   promises  to-be  a  monumental   and
f)ractlcaJ piece of work, is in the nature of an encyclopedia deal- tlg with Halachic decisions on religious problems arising from scientific Inventions. Although the first Volume is almost Veady for publicatiori. thero are many references antl cross-references that need to be checked and double checked with original sources of ancient and metiieval books at\d manuscripts found only in aucii libraries as the Congress Library of Washington, the Library ot the Theological Seminary and of the Yeshlva University, and of the Hebrew University of Palestine.
I have already contacted the Minister of Education of tlie Cabinet of the new State of Israel, Rabbi J. L. Fishman, a per¬ sonal friend ot mine for many years, whose private library com¬ prises the largest collection of Hebralca in the world, with many publications rare in this country but indispensable to my work.
Hliicerely youi*H,
M. HIK8CH81«RL'N(J, Uabbl
ISH.-VKI.I "I'l'T.SCH": lichind the tight which broke out be¬ tween the ligunisis and Ihc Isi-acli military forces, when the former attempted to land arms and ammunition in defiance nf the .\..N. truce, is a story of a planhi'd 'init.sch" . . . Private In¬ formation -teceiN-cd V)y Zionist leaders in New York indicates that Peler Bergson, who arrived -in Israel .several days prior to the clash, was contemplaling us¬ ing tlve arms primarily in .leru¬ saiem, where the Irgun is not operating as i)art of the Israeli Army . . . According to this in- r<u'mulim\. he was supposed to become tbe leader of t he ¦putsch" In .leru.salem, which is not a part of the .lewish stale, bul where the U.N. truce provi¬ sions prevail. By seizing power in .lerusaiem, Irgun leaders ap- IJareijtly thought they could make themselves stronger vis-a- \'is the- Israeli Government in 'l\'i Aviv . . . It is true that the Tel Aviv government knew that an Irgun ship laden with arms was (lue lo arrive from France, but the' understanding was that upon reaching Israeli walers. the ship was lo he turned over to the U.N. mefliator ... If the "putsch" had been successful, the Israeli Government would have been put In a position where its Influence in .leru.salem would have counted very little . There would have then been two central .lewish authorities: one, the Israeli Governmenl in Tel Aviv; two, the Irgun in lerusaiem.
Central Conference
Of American Rabbis
Asks Recognition
K.-W.S.-V'H <-lTY MTAl.— Fuil recognition of Ihc slale of Israel by the I'liiled Slates along with ¦¦cconnipic support and help to defend ilself against aggression" was asivcd l>y the Central Con¬ ference of Aniericaii Rabbis in a resolution adopter! at the c(m- cluding sessiim of its .'jIHIi an¬ nual con\'eution liere.
The resolution also asked the UN. "IO ttiKe all po.ssible mea¬ sures to safeguard the new re¬ public's ¦ existence wilhin the boundaries defined in the I'N- resolution  of  Nov. 21),   \M1."
Farlier. a s,vstem of placement for rabbis and congregations af¬ filiated wilh Liberal .ludaism which would avoid "undignified competition" was explained to lhe delegates. To be aUmin- islered jointly i)y the Central Conference, the Union of Amer¬ ican Hebrew Congregations and the llebrew Union College-Jew¬ ish Institute of Religion, the plan would seek to avoid the "extremism of anarchy, on the one hand, and the extremism of hierachy on the other."
At present. Liberal Jewish congregations have com p I e t e autonomy ' in the choice of a rabbi, while lhe ralibis them¬ selves can ai>|ily for pulijit va- C ancl e s. The congregations would slill maintain autonomy in their ultimate right to choose . ralibi, but W(juld accept sug- •,gesliijns from the placement bu- IConiinued  on  Hage F.ighti
report on every prospect card assigned by their Division chiefs as early as possilile.
Following Is a telegram re¬ ceived by the UJF office last week:
S.  i\. Suiiiiner, Pre.HldenI, United ,le\vlNh Fli^id:
Cannot pro<-eed with unr in¬ credibly urgent task-s withbuf cash in hand or exact knowl¬ edge of cash expertaney in conilnK days and weekH. ..Must therefore earnestly request you luid assoeiiiles make every ef¬ fort humanly possible lo con¬ vert all pledges of lO-IH and pu.st years into Inintedlale cash or lo obtain advances-or loans on future eolletrtlons and ad¬ vise me exact sums we lna.v expect during coming weeks. Cannot over-emphn.size need for funds and exact advanc<' Informallon.
Henry  .Morgenthau. .Ir., General Chairman, I'nilcd .lewi.sh Appeal.
MAIL  COMMUNICATIONS  TO  PALESTINE
Although uornutl mail comtuuulcutlons to Palestine have been Interrupted, arrangements have been made for United Bei'vice to channel its Palestine nmil tlu-ough the JDC office In Cyprus for. forwarding to tliat country. INDIVIDUALS inter&itod In corresponding wltii people in Pnlestino may utlli/.e the emergency servtc6s set up by the Jewish Agency for Palestine, which recently organized Uie Palestine Emer¬ gency DcUvorlcs, Inc. •
To be ticceptable for delivery, mall must be prepared In this-way:
Healed letters addressed to Individuals residing In the State ot Israel should bear and have affixed the requisite United Slates Postag'e (25 cents a huU oiittcc or traction thereof). An additional sei*vlce charge of 23c i>er half ounce or fraction thereof to cover the cost ot handling, must be paid In coin or postal money order. Tho sealed letters and tile service chai'ge must be eiielosed In another envelope and addressed to Palestine Eniergeney Deliveries, Inc., 00 E. eOth St., Now York 21, N. V.
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'/i.<).A. tH>NVENT10N:    'i'here will be much criticism heard at the   convention   of   the   Zionist Organization- of  America which opened in  Pittsburgh yesterday .   .   .   Rut   it  Is  safe  to   predict that Dr. Emanuel Neumann will be   re-elected   Z.O.A.   president. The opposition is this year bet¬ ter organized  than  a year ago, but  has  hardly  any  chance  of winning  .   .   .   What   ma.v  take place   next   year   is   a   different story, since the functions of the Z.O.A.   will  by  that  lime  have undergone  a  fundamental  revi¬ sion  .  •  .  The  relationship he¬ tween   the   Israeli   Government and the world Zionist movement will during the year be, clarified and the role of the Z.QjV.jvill in 1949-50 certaiiily pm be same as today ... It is under¬ stood that Dr. Neumann is mak¬ ing   plans   to   settle   In   Israel, while Dr. Abba Hillel Silver ap¬ parently has similar plans.   A banquet in honor of Dr. Silver will be one of the highlights of the convention . . . Even the op position must admit that Dr. Sli¬ ver  did   an   excellent  job   this year both through his untiring efforts   in   'Wishihgton   and   at Lake Success.  .
HOH  UEt'KlVlNG  DEPOTK AKK  AI-WAVH OPKN
Two SOS collection depots are always open for contributions of clothing, canned goods and medi¬ cal supplies. Bring your dona¬ tions lo either Bryden Rd. or Broad St. Temples. Packing and shipping will be continued dur¬ ing the summer months.
Mrs. Stanley Schwartz, city- wide SOS chairman, announces that 4,500 pounds were shipped two weeks ago. The following served on the packing commit¬ tee: From the Girl Scouts: Eileen Smoler and Harrio-t Spilka. Representing the vari ous .lewish women's organiza¬ tions: Mesdames William Edel¬ son, B. Goldberg, H. Kaufman, L. Schlezinger, S. Meyers, Myrna Haimes, A. M. P o 11 o c k, Ben Finikelslein, H. Knight, Ml Feu- erliehtrS^. Sj»* 1 g s o n, S. Marx, M. GlastofiTS. Rising, H. Kay, Hattle Kauffman, S. Cowan, E. Deutsch, S. Newpoff, J. Min¬ kin, Ed Hyman, and Mrs. Fannie Wasserman; Jack Kay and How¬ ard  Hirsch.
New Course Charted For ZOA Movement
IM'rrslUKGH IS p e c i a I J.— Some 2.()ilti delegates represent¬ ing li.™ regions and districts in -17 slates Ihrougiiout the country and the terrliory of.Hawaii have convened for the 51st annual convention of the Zionist Or¬ ganization of America, .luly 2-3. at the Penn Hotel In Pittsburgh.
Meeting for the first lime since the eslablLshment of the Jewish Stale, the convention will be called upon lo chart a new cour.se for the Zionist movement and to define in clear terms the future relationship of American Zionists toward the new - born Kepublic of  Israel.
Tho future program of the ZOA will be presented for ctm- sideration of the convention by Dr. Emanuel Neumann In his presidential address at the for¬ mal opening session Saturday evening.
The convention sessions will be addressed by outsta n d 1 n g Jewish and non-Jewish leaders on the American and interna¬ tional scene. These will include Dr. James G. McDonald, newly- appointed V. S. diplomatic envo.v to Israel; Majof-Genoral John' H. Illlldrlng, who was offered lhe posl of Special Assistant lo Sec¬ retary of State Marshall on Pal¬ estine Affairs; Senator Claude Pepper; and Henry Morgenthau, Jr., national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chair¬ man of the American Section of the Jewish Agency for Palestine and chairman ot the American Zionist Emergency Committee, will review the political situa¬ tion and deliver an Important address thereon at the Sunday after-noon session.
THE HOME FRONT: A feel Ing of depression prevails In the ranks.'ot American Jewish lead¬ ership In connection wilh the DP bill adopted by Congress The legislation is considered by many as a slap in the face. lo American Jewry . . . Some Jew¬ ish leaders consider the vote on (Continued on Page Eight)
KUHWORM ON WHKC WITH ALLAN  TARSHISH
Sidney G. Kusworm, National Chairman of the Americanism Commission ot B'nal B'rith, will deliver a 4th of July address over WHKC Saturday, July 3, from 11:45 a. m. to 12 o'clock noon.
This Is the cegtilar weekly broadcasting time of Allan Tar- s(ilsh, who has been associated ¦with this radio slaUon tor the past 14 years.
ANNUAL B'NAI 6'RITH PICNIC IS JULY 25
B'nai B'rith Zlon Lodge 08 of Colunibus Is completing plans for one of Its amiual outstanding events—the family picnic! The atlnlr will be held at Comp Yohlo Sunday, July' 23, In Ihe afternoon. Leon Friedman Is cluilrinan of the picnic, und M. H. (Mike) Schwiirtz Is to be In charge of tho program of events. There will be fun und activity for young and old, und plenty ot prizes. One of the fojilurea of the picnic will be the unauol softball game between the fli-st round champion ot the Sunday Morning League and a team mudc up of top players from the other seven teams In tUe league.